“A few growers lost 35-40 trees in their blocks and some others lost 15-20 trees in blocks but those were few and far between,” Baker said. “This will cause a (financial) hardship for the growers in those orchards.”

California has about 800,000 acres of commercially bearing almond trees.

Much of the crop loss was caused by the winds pushing limbs against each over.

“There was a lot of damage from the limbs blowing back and forth striking each other which knocked crop off the trees,” Baker said.

Almonds were in the nut formation stage about the size of a thumb. There was no real damage difference from one variety to the next.